A school calendar and school start times had been set for the coming school year, but the pandemic and budget issues may bring changes. The Hamilton Southeastern (HSE) School Board heard proposals from administrators on both issues Wednesday night.
First, on class start times, high school would change from 8:20am to 8:30am. The intermediate and junior high school stat time would move from 9am to 9:15am. Elementary start times would remain the same.
The new times will help in the three-tier bus scheduling system and reduce the need for bus drivers. Bus drivers have been in short supply.
Assistant Superintendent Matt Kegley told the board block scheduling for the higher grades can help keep the amount of class time well within state requirements.
Kegley told board members the calendar adjustments deal with fewer flex days and more e-learning days. Kegley pointed out the differences in e-learning and virtual. E-Learning is doing assignments while not under the teacher’s guidance, while virtual learning is a class setting held virtually via Zoom.
The revised 2021-2022 school year calendar is available at this link.
The proposed 2022-2023 school calendar is available at this link.
The start time changes and calendars will be up for board approval at the April 28 meeting
15 minutes a day extra for middle school teachers comes out to an extra 45 hours more a year work for the same pay as the rest of the teachers in the school district. Can you imagine a large group of people under the same contract doing the same job getting the same pay yet the employer looks at a third of them and says were going to go ahead and give the other two/thirds an extra week of paid vacation and you are just going to have to deal with it. What HSE is doing to their middle-level teachers.